U-Haul Moving Trucks on Rooftops and Poles

Apr 20, 2015

What’s the oddest way you’ve ever seen a U-Haul moving truck used?

Maybe you’ve seen it transformed into a food truck or used as part of a prom-posal. However, have you ever seen a flying moving truck? Well U-Haul doesn’t have any of those, but it has managed to get moving trucks on rooftops and poles. U-Haul uses the trucks and trailers as advertisements for its full-service moving centers, where customers have always found those familiar U-Haul orange self-storage doors waiting to provide a secure room for their possessions.

Sometimes you need to go above and beyond to attract eyes and that’s exactly what U-Haul did decades ago when it decided to put trucks on roofs and poles. The goal here was simple: Get noticed! This was a marketing idea that you can still find incorporated at a handful of famous U-Haul locations. The hoisted trucks and trailers (some of which rotate!) … well, they have become city landmarks.

Check out this orange U-Haul equipment and the unlikely heights it has reached. A lot of these photos are vintage from a time when this marketing strategy was seen more frequently.

Have you seen any of these at a U-Haul location? Tell us where in the comments!

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